Murder on the Mainline: another Mike Claymore Mystery Chapter 22 - Sex Stories

Murder on the Mainline: another Mike Claymore Mystery Chapter 22

... bit. "I can't find it. Oh, just a minute, I see it. Is that little bump what this is all about?" "Oh daddy. What did you do to your hand?" She examines his scabs where he cut himself. "Awww, I zigged when I should have zagged with a knife. If you think it's bad enough, maybe I should stay in the hospital, too. Shall I see if I can get the next bed there?" "Hmmm, I don't think it's that bad. Can I come home tonight, daddy?" "Well, I think the doctor wants to look at your noggin first thing in the morning. Mommy and I would never get up early enough to bring you over so you better stay the night. I'll stick around with you, if you want?" "Don't you have to work in the morning?" "Maybe after I come over to see you." "Don't I have to go to school?" "Do you want to?" She whispers, "Not really. I got a headache." Mike asks with real concern in his voice, "Does it hurt a lot, honey?" Soberly she says, "No, it just aches a bit." "Maybe you should try to get some sleep. I'll tuck you in. Will that be alright?" He tucks the blankets up around her and she says, "Thanks, daddy. I'll go to sleep so you can go home and sleep, too." He sits beside her until she has dropped off to sleep. He feels so anxious about her condition. He checks her chart and tries to figure out what they are doing for her. Finally he gives up and goes to the nearest nurse's station. He gives his card to the nurse and asks he be called if any problems with his daughter should arise. He specifies he be called ...

... immediately. Then he leaves the hospital and walks home. Down the street he sees a black van parked and he wonders, "Can they be tailing me that close?" He doesn't think so and goes on into the house. Down the street in the black van sit two men playing cards. One says, "He's back from the hospital. I just saw him go into the house." Mike goes to see where Marlene is, hears her upstairs putting the kids to bed and goes down to his office. He calls Trudy and tells her he will have to take part of the morning to be with his daughter. He also tells her he argued with Lindross today and has a tail. He asks if she can come to Abbotsford tomorrow morning with the files and meet him at the restaurant closest to the hospital. They will use her car and shake off the tail. She agrees and they set up a time. He also asks her to bring a Polaroid and anything else she thinks they may be able to use. Early in the morning Mike takes his car around to his mechanic. He comes home with a loaner and parks it at the hospital. He walks home and tells Marlene he's going over to the hospital. Marlene says, "Wait a minute till I get Richard off to school and I'll go with you. We can take Janet. Will they be long fixing the car?" "He said he might be able to finish it today. He hasn't got a lot of other work, so far. He gave me a loaner and I parked it by the hospital. Lindross has a tail on me again so I'll go to work from there. I might be able to shake him that way." "Can't you ever get along with that ...